National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Denver 123,
Boston 111
When: 8:00 PM ET, Sunday, January 1, 2023
Where: Ball Arena, Denver, Colorado
Officials: #34 Kevin Cutler, #54 Ray Acosta, #55 Bill Kennedy
Attendance: 19641
Where: Ball Arena, Denver, Colorado
Officials: #34 Kevin Cutler, #54 Ray Acosta, #55 Bill Kennedy
Attendance: 19641
Final Scoring Summary
Boston Celtics
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Marcus Smart - G | 31:19 | 2-12 | 0-4 | 0-0 | -3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Derrick White - G | 23:13 | 5-9 | 2-5 | 1-2 | -14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| Jayson Tatum - F | 35:31 | 7-16 | 0-4 | 11-14 | -15 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 25 |
| Jaylen Brown - F | 34:13 | 12-20 | 4-8 | 2-2 | -7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Al Horford - C | 30:06 | 3-10 | 2-6 | 0-0 | -7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Grant Williams | 27:31 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 5-5 | -12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Malcolm Brogdon | 19:35 | 1-6 | 0-3 | 2-2 | -13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Robert Williams III | 18:45 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Sam Hauser | 11:27 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Noah Vonleh | 2:05 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Jackson | 2:05 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Kornet | 2:05 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Payton Pritchard | 2:05 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Blake Griffin | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 40-87 | 9-33 | 22-27 | 10 | 31 | 41 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 111 | |
| 46.0% | 27.3% | 81.5% | Team Rebs: 6 | Total TO: 13 | ||||||||||
Denver Nuggets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Bruce Brown - G | 30:21 | 8-14 | 4-6 | 1-1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 21 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope - G | 29:45 | 2-7 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Aaron Gordon - F | 36:58 | 6-13 | 1-2 | 5-6 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 18 |
| Michael Porter Jr. - F | 32:36 | 7-13 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 19 |
| Nikola Jokic - C | 32:02 | 10-13 | 2-2 | 8-8 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Christian Braun | 25:21 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Bones Hyland | 19:09 | 7-12 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 17 |
| Vlatko Cancar | 16:32 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Zeke Nnaji | 12:22 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jack White | 1:38 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ish Smith | 1:38 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Davon Reed | 1:38 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeAndre Jordan | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 45-79 | 17-30 | 16-18 | 1 | 34 | 35 | 31 | 17 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 123 | |
| 57.0% | 56.7% | 88.9% | Team Rebs: 6 | Total TO: 17 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| BOS | Jaylen Brown , Jayson Tatum |
| DEN | Bones Hyland |
Team Statistics
| Boston | Denver | ||
| Fast Break Points | 12 | Fast Break Points | 11 |
| Points in the Paint | 60 | Points in the Paint | 46 |
| Biggest Lead | 3 | Biggest Lead | 18 |